KSRTC driver booked for assaulting elderly passenger

A lawsuit has been registered against a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) autobus operator for allegedly assaulting an aged rider and kicking him retired of the conveyance astatine Vattapara here, the constabulary said connected Saturday. The constabulary registered the lawsuit against a operator of the Peroorkada depot of the KSRTC for assaulting Bhadran, 65, a autochthonal of Kallayam successful Vattappara.

Officials astatine the Vattappara constabulary presumption said the incidental occurred astir 9.45 p.m. connected Thursday connected a KSRTC autobus from East Fort to Kuttiyani. When Bhadran questioned the autobus unit for not stopping astatine the autobus halt wherever helium intended to alight, the operator allegedly abused him verbally, the constabulary said.